Big Movers That Didn't Hit The Top 10

[Michael1973]

Inspired by last week's AT40: The 80's show, I started wondering what songs made the biggest moves within the top 40 but never managed to hit the top 10.

Examples:

Shadows of the Night -- moved 40-23, peaked at #12
Eat It -- moved 36-18, also peaked at #12

Any others? Anything bigger?

[jdelachjr2002]

1970:

8/8 - Get Up I Feel Like A Sex Machine (Part 1) - James Brown - moved 30 to 15, peaked at #15
9/19 - Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - moved 39 to 26, peaked at #12
10/3 - Still Water (Love) - The Four Tops - moved 39 to 20, peaked at #11
10/31 - Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne - moved 34 to 24, peaked at #24
11/14 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Elvis Presley, moved 38 to 22, peaked at #11
11/21 - 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) - The Presidents, moved 30 to 18, peaked at #11

[jdelachjr2002]

1971:

1/16 - Born To Wander - Rare Earth, moved 32 to 24, peaked at #17
2/6 - Watching Scotty Grow - Bobby Goldsboro - moved 25 to 12, peaked at #11
3/13 - Blue Money - Van Morrison, moved 39 to 28, peaked at #23
3/27 - Oye Como Va - Santana, moved 24 to 15, peaked at #13
3/27 - Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) - Staple Singers, moved 40 to 31, peaked at #27
4/24 - Power To The People - John Lennon, moved 28 to 15, peaked at #11
5/1 - Love Her Madly - The Doors, moved 37 to 19, peaked at #11
5/22 - Woodstock - Mathews' Southern Comfort, moved 34 to 23, peaked at #23
6/5 - Double Lovin' - Osmonds, moved 39 to 22, peaked at #14
6/12 - Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End, moved 40 to 26, peaked at #15
8/7 - Riders Of The Storm - The Doors, moved 36 to 23, peaked at #14
10/2 - Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle, moved 35 to 25, peaked at #13
11/6 - Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band, moved 40 to 27, peaked at #26
11/20 - Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers, moved 37 to 23, peaked at #12

[jdelachjr2002]

1972:

1/1 - Drowning In The Sea Of Love - Joe Simon, moved 28 to 18, peaked at #11
1/8 - Anticipation - Carly Simon, moved 36 to 23, peaked at #13
1/15 - That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha - Bobby Womack And Peace, moved 37 to 31, peaked at #27
1/15 - Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To - Gladys Knight and the Pips, moved 38 to 32, peaked at #27
4/1 - Give Ireland Back To The Irish - Paul McCartney & Wings, moved 37 to 22, peaked at #21
4/8 - Vincent - Don McLean, moved 35 to 25, peaked at #12
7/15 - Hold Her Tight - The Osmonds, moved 39 to 24, peaked at #14
8/5 - Lookin' Through The Windows - Jackson Five, moved 38 to 29, peaked at #16
8/12 - The Guitar Man - Bread, moved 39 to 26, peaked at #11
9/9 - Play Me - Neil Diamond, moved 33 to 21, peaked at #11
9/23 - You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart, moved 39 to 27, peaked at #13
10/7 - Tight Rope - Leon Russell, moved 26 to 16, peaked at #11
11/18 - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) - Jim Croce, moved 30 to 22, peaked at #17
11/18 - Crazy Horses - The Osmonds, moved 32 to 24, peaked at #14
12/16 - Been To Canaan - Carole King, moved 40 to 31, peaked at #24

[jdelachjr2002]

1973:
1/20 - Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest, moved 30 to 22, peaked at #13
2/24 - Aubrey - Bread, moved 36 to 27, peaked at #15
4/14 - Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan, moved 39 to 29, peaked at #11
4/14 - Out Of The Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan, moved 40 to 30, peaked at #17
4/21 - Funky Worm - Ohio Players, moved 39 to 26, peaked at #15
5/19 - No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper, moved 29 to 39, peaked at #25
6/30 - Doing It To Death - Fred Wesley & the JBs, moved 40 to 28, peaked at #22
7/7 - Time To Get Down - The O'Jays, moved 40 to 33, peaked at #33
8/18 - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John, moved 34 to 26, peaked at #12
9/29 - Get It Together - Jackson Five, moved 40 to 29, peaked at #28
12/8 - My Music - Loggins & Messina, moved 26 to 19, peaked at #16

[coldcardinal]

I was always baffled that Duran Duran's Rio went 31-17 in April of 83, but then stalled out at 14 a couple of weeks later.

[jdelachjr2002]

1974:

1/26 - I Love - Tom T. Hall, moved 38 to 30, peaked at #12
3/2 - My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung, moved 30 to 22, peaked at #17
3/2 - There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich, moved 36 to 28, peaked at #18
5/4 - I Won't Last A Day Without You - The Carpenters, moved 35 to 21, peaked at #11
5/11 - My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford, moved 39 to 29, peaked at #12
6/1 - Save The Last Dance For Me - The DeFranco Family, moved 38 to 30, peaked at #18
7/6 - Radar Love - Golden Earring, moved 29 to 20, peaked at #13
11/16 - Promised Land - Elvis Presley, moved 37 to 29, peaked at #14
11/16 - La La Peace Song - Al Wilson, moved 38 to 30, peaked at #30
11/16 - Fairy Tale - The Pointer Sisters, moved 40 to 32, peaked at #13

[freakyflybry]

In 2003, Christina Aguilera moved 40-24 with "The Voice Within"; it failed to reach the top 10, peaking at #12 (not sure where it peaked on Seacrest's version of the chart as by the time it peaked, he was hosting.)

[mkarns]

One 1970 hit that was overlooked here was the Who's "See Me, Feel Me". On 11/21/70, it jumped from 24 to 12, stayed there a second week, and then fell back to 25.

"The Voice Within" moved 16-13-14 during Casey's last few AT40s (on his final show it was also an LDD.) Starting with Seacrest's first show (1/10/04), it went 13-12-17-15-16-22-off.

[Josh Joel's Top 40]

SYNCHRONICITY II by The Police peaked at #16. They rose on 11/26/83 from #34 to #22. Their chart run was this:

34-22-19-16-16-16-19-37-off (57)

[Hervard]

Nov 13, 2009 15:33:05 GMT -5 Michael1973 said:

Eat It -- moved 36-18, also peaked at #12

"Eat It" also made a good-sized move on the R&R chart (39-25), yet only made it to #19.

[vto66]

In 1982, there was Jennifer Holliday's "I'm Telling You..." which made a mighty move from 39 to 29 in its second week, yet never made it past No. 22.

[at40john]

A couple of more are Break It To Me Gently by Juice Newton went from 27-15 but only got to 11. Wishing by A Flock of Seagulls went from 40-30 and then just 29 its third week. It got to 26.

[at40petebattistini]

One song that made *two* respectable chart leaps within the Top 40 and still missed the Top 10 -- Three Dog Night's "The Family of Man." It moved from 36-27-15 and eventually peaked at #12.

And one record that doesn't quite fit the criteria, yet I believe is noteworthy in this thread is "The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" by C Company featuring Terry Nelson. It debuted in the Hot 100 at #41 and then peaked the following two weeks at #37.

[coldcardinal]

I was listening to 10/30/82 just now, and Casey noted that It's Raining Again debuted on the entire Hot 100 at #31. Then, oddly, it only reached #11.